STAND. COM. REP. NO. 843-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 2343

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the specific deadline by which the Maui State Veterans Home must be assimilated into a state agency having a Maui affiliation and, instead, require the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to be completed as soon as practicable.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense; Office of Veterans Services; Hawaii Military Affairs Council; and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Oahu Region.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2343, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair